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1 online resource (440 pages). |
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Film Theory in Media History |
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Film theory in media history.
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
Filmmaker and theoretician Jean Epstein profoundly influenced film practice, criticism and reception in France during the 1920s and well beyond. His work not only forms the crux of the debates of his time, but also remains key to understanding later developments in film practice and theory. Epstein's film criticism is among the most wide-ranging, provocative and poetic writing about cinema and his often breathtaking films offer insights into cinema and the experience of modernity. This collection - the first comprehensive study in English of Epstein's far-reaching influence - arrives as several. |
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Jean Epstein; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; Essays; Epstein's Photogénie as Corporeal Vision: Inner Sensation, Queer Embodiment, and Ethics; Novelty and Poiesis in the Early Writings of Jean Epstein; The Cinema of the Kaleidoscope; Distance is [Im]material: Epstein Versus Etna; "The Supremacy of the MathematicalPoem": Jean Epstein's Conceptions of Rhythm; The "Microscope of Time": Slow Motionin Jean Epstein's Writings; A Different Nature; Cinema Seen from the Seas: Epstein and the Oceanic. |
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A Temporal Perspective: Jean Epstein's Writings on Technology and SubjectivityUltra-Modern: Jean Epstein, or Cinema"Serving the Forces of Transgressionand Revolt"; Thoughts on Photogénie Plastique; Translations; Introduction: Epstein's Writings; La Poésie d'aujourd'hui, un nouvel état d'intelligence; Bonjour Cinéma; La Lyrosophie; Le Cinématographe vu de l'Etna; L'intelligence d'une machine; Le Cinéma du diable; Later Works; Esprit de cinéma; Late Articles; Alcool et cinéma; Afterword: Reclaiming Jean Epstein; Filmography; Select Bibliography; Notes on Contributors; Index of Names. |
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En. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Epstein, Jean, 1897-1953 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Epstein, Jean, 1897-1953 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJjxvRBgDPByrPr7xxKDbd
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Music, Dance, Drama & Film.
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Film.
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The arts.
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Film, TV and radio.
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Films, cinema.
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Individual film directors, film-makers.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- General.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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Film |
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Paul, Jason N.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9789089642929 |
| ISBN |
9789048513840 (electronic bk.) |
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9048513847 (electronic bk.) |
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9789089642929 |
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9089642927 |
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9781280666988 (online) |
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1280666986 |
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9782753543188 |
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2753543186 |
| Standard No. |
9786613643919 |
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10.1515/9789048513840. doi |
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AU@ 000050066031 |
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AU@ 000051547532 |
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AU@ 000058046223 |
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AU@ 000060073364 |
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GBVCP 1003713343 |
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GBVCP 1009430815 |
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GBVCP 865740836 |
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NZ1 14935807 |
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